Ralph entwistle biography

Ralph Entwistle (c.
Ralph Entwistle (c.1805-1830) brickmaker, convict and bushranger.
Ralph Entwistle was an English labourer who was transported to the British penal colony of New South Wales as a convict in 1827.

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Ralph Entwistle (1805 - 1830)

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Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died at about age 25in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Ralph Entwistle was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

Ralph was born in 1805 at Bolton, Lancashire, England.

Ralph was a brickmaker in England.

Ralph was convicted for stealing clothes at the Lancaster Assizes on 10th Mar 1827^[1]and sentenced to life imprisonment. He and 188 fellow Convicts departed England 18 July 1827 on the convict ship 'John'^[2] and arrived Sydney on 25th November 1827 ^[3]

Ralph was assigned to a John Liscombe, property owner at Bathurst. It was while he was assigned to Liscombe that Ralph became involved in an episode in early Colonial history known as the Bathurst Rebellion. Ralph was seen as the leader of this gang of escaped convicts. The gang which is t

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Ralph Entwistle

When Ralph Entwistle was born on 24 March 1805, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Entwistle, was 26 and his mother, Betty Brooks, was 27. He married Nancy Holt on 12 March 1827, in St Mary The Virgin's Church, Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Tottington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 22 October 1855, in Limefield, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 50, and was buried in Holcombe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Ralph & Peter Entwistle

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